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mishes until its close. In 1872 he established the firm of the Rochester lumber company, which became one of the largest glassworks in the country. Inl901 he established the H. C. Fry glass company, a large plant for the manufacture of cut glass and the higher grades of glassware; and it is now one of the most important and best known plants in America. Continuously since its organization in 1884 he has been president of the First national bank of Rochester, Pa.; and is identified with various other industrial and financial corporations.

Fry, Henry Davidson, physician, obstetriauthor, was born in Richmond, Va. He is a noted obstetrician of Washington, D.C. He is the author of Maternity. cian,

Fry, Jacob, clergyman, theologian, author, In 9, 1834, in Trappe, Pa. 1851 lie p'aduated from Union college; and in 1853 from the theological seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. In 1854-65 he was pastor

was born Feb.

of

the

Lutheran

church

of Carlisle, Pa.; and in 1865-1906 was pastor of Trinity

Lutheran

church at Reading, Pa. Since 1891 he has been professor

of homiletic pastoral theology at the Lutheran theological seminary of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Elementary Honiileties. Fry, Jacob, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1835-39 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twentyfourth and twenty-fifth congresses, and was at one time auditor-general of the state. He died Nov. 28, 1866, in Norristown, Pa. Fry, James Barnet, soldier, author, was born Feb. 22, 1827, in CarroUton, 111. He was a colonel and brevet major-general in the United States army; was retired from active service in 1881; and thereafter lived in New York City. He was the author of Sketch of the Adjutant-General's Department in 1775-1875; Historical and Legal Effects of Brevets in Great Britain and the United States from their Origin in 1692; Army Sacrifices; McDowell and Tyler in the Campaign of Bull Run; Operations of the Army under Buell; and New York and Conscription. He died July 11, 1894, in

Newport,

R.I.

Fry, Joseph, naval officer, was born In 1828 in Louisiana. At the age of thirteen years he entered the United States navy; in 1855 was appointed master; and the following day was promoted to lieutenant. In 1861 he joined the confederate army and served throughout the civil war. Fry, Joseph, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1827-31 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twen-

AMERICAN BIOGHAPHT. He

tieth and twenty-first congresses. in Fryeburg, Pa.

died

Fry, Joseph Reese, banker, composer, author. He was very largely instrumental in raising the Union League brigade at a gloomy period of the civil war. He was the author of Life of Zachary Taylor. He died in June, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa. Fry, Joshua, soldier, was born in England. He made a map of Virginia; and in

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1752 was a commissioner to treat with the Indians at Logstown. He died May 31, 1754, while conducting an expedition against the French. Fry, Speed Smith, soldier, jurist, was bom Sept. 9, 1817, in Mercer county, Ky. At the beginning of the civil war he organized the fourth Kentucky regiment in the national army; was its colonel; and in 1862 was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1869-72 he was a supervisor of internal revenue in Kentucky. Fry, William Henry, journalist, composer,

was born Aug. 10, 1813, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was music critic of the Philadelphia Ledger; The Sun; and the New York Tribune. He was the author of Lenora, an opera produced at the Chestnut Street theater in 1845. He died Dec. 21, 1864, in the West Indies. Frye, Alexis Everett, educator, author, was born Nov. 2, 1859, in North Haven, Maine. In 1886-90 he delivered nearly two thousand educational lectures. In 1890 he was admitted to the bar; and in 1891-93 was superintendent of schools of San Bernardino, Cal. He is the author of Child and Nature; Primary Geography; and several other educational works. Frye, James, soldier, was born in 1709, in Andover, Mass. He served at the capture of Louisburg in 1745; and commanded the Essex regiment at the beginning of the revolution, taking an active part in the battle of Bunker Hill. He died Jan. 8, 1776. Frye, James Albert, lawyer, author, was born May 5, 1863, in Boston, Mass. Since 1900 he has been colonel in the first Massachusetts heavy artillery. He is the author of Fables of Field and Staff; and History of the First Massachusetts Artillery. Frye, Joseph,

March was a

soldier,

jurist,

was born

1712, in Andover, Mass. He justice of the peace; a member of the general court of Massachusetts and was an ensign in Hale's regiment at the capture of Louisburg in 1745. In 1776 he was commissioned brigadier-general by the continental congress. He died in 1794 in Freyburg, 30,



Maine. Frye, Theodore Christian, educator, botanist, scientist, was born Sept. 15, 1869, in Washington, 111. He received the degree of B.S. from the university of Chicago and Ph.

from the university of Hlinois. Since 1903 he has been professor of botany in the Washington university at Seattle. D.